Amzie Ellen (Strickland) Behrens (1919 - 2006)

Born 10 Jan 1919 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

Died 5 Jul 2006 at age 87 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States

Biography

Amzie (Strickland) Behrens is Notable.

Amzie Ellen Strickland was an American character actress who began in radio, made some 650 television appearances, had roles in two dozen films, appeared in numerous television movies, and also worked in TV commercials.

Amzie was born in 1919 to Chauncey J Strickland and Amzie Martha Snodgrass.

She graduated from Central High School, Oklahoma City, about 1936 and from the University of Oklahoma in 1940.

She married Frank Behrens about 1946. The couple divorced.

1. Tim Behrens

She passed away in 2006.

Acting Credits
A small sampling of her extensive acting credits:

• I Love Lucy (TV) 1955
• The Andy Griffith Show (TV) 1960-65
• The Dick VanDyke Show (TV) 1963-65
• Pretty Woman (1990) Film
• Krippendorf's Tribe (Film) 1998
• ER (TV) 1999-2000

Research Notes

• City Actors Shine in Radio, TV Workd, Daily Oklahoman Sunday, Nov 09, 1952 Oklahoma City, OK Page: 19 https://www.genealogybank.com/nbshare/AC01201227201858249261715914336

• "Obituary for Amzie BEHRENS Strickland" Newspapers.com, The Spokesman-Review, July 12, 2006, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-obituary-for-amzie/130947724/

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1Z-3XV : Sun Mar 10 09:00:25 UTC 2024), Entry for Amzie B Snodgrass and Martha E Snodgrass, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCW2-JYG : Sat Mar 09 09:25:55 UTC 2024), Entry for A B Snodgrass and Martha E Snodgrass, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB2Q-6NQ : Sun Mar 10 21:05:32 UTC 2024), Entry for Amzie Beal Snodgrass and Martha Snodgrass, 1940.

• "United States Census, 1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XRQ-LYMV : Wed Oct 04 10:57:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Amzie Behrens and Timothy Behrens, 1 April 1950.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGXR-Q2D : 12 January 2021), Amzie E Strickland, 05 Jul 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K7N-G4H1 : 10 February 2023), Amzie Ellen Strickland, .

See Also:

• Wikipedia: Amzie Strickland

• Wikidata: Item Q4749595

• Find A Grave: Memorial #14839202

• FamilySearch Person: LTCL-FSW

• IMDB: Amzie Strickland